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"The only friend I had was my gun": A mixed-methods study of gun culture in school shootings.
PLoS ONEFirearms are the leading cause of death for minors in the United States and US gun culture is often discussed as a reason behind the prevalence of school shootings.
Anne Nassauer
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No Questions Asked: Background Checks, Gun Shows, and Crime [PDF]
, 2001 The report, titled "No Questions Asked: Background Checks, Gun Shows and Crime," finds that criminals in the 18 states that require gun show background checks are getting thousands of guns each year from states without such checks.In addition, the report
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Where the guns come from: The gun industry and gun commerce. [PDF]
, 2002 Under federal law, it is illegal for youth under age 18 to purchase rifles or shotguns, and for those under age 21 to purchase handguns. However, fatality and injury statistics clearly show that guns are finding their way into young people's hands.
Garen J. Wintemute
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Criminology, EarlyView.Abstract Discourse around drug policy presents a stark contrast between policing and harm reduction models, sparking debates on the state's regulatory versus protective role. Canada is an ideal case to study drug policy models due to its global recognition as a leader in harm reduction alongside continued reliance on policing of drugs.
Taylor Domingos
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The influence of the age-period-cohort effects on male suicide in Brazil from 1980 to 2019
PLoS ONE, 2023 Suicide is a complex and multi-determined phenomenon. Higher rates are observed in men and are related to multiple risk factors, including mental disorders, financial crises, unemployment, and easy access to highly lethal means of perpetration, such as ...
Weverton Thiago da Silva Rodrigues +7 more
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Just a Soul Whose Intentions Are Good? The Relevance of a Defendant\u27s Subjective Intent in Defining a “Destructive Device” Under the National Firearms Act [PDF]
, 2011 This Note addresses the three-way circuit split among the U.S. Courts of Appeals over when, and to what extent, a court may consider a defendant\u27s subjective intent in defining a destructive device under the National Firearms Act.
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Criminology, EarlyView.Abstract We investigate how the affordances of an online context shape the processes of social learning. Using a dataset of more than 11,000 posts from the fraud subdread on the dark web forum Dread, we examine how affordances of platform governance, connectivity, anonymity, invisibility, asynchronicity, and limited oversight influence the components ...
Fangzhou Wang, Timothy Dickinson
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Brady Statute Data: Persons Who Are Illegally or Unlawfully in the United States [PDF]
, 1998 Currently, Alaska law enforcement agencies do not obtain data on four noncriminal categories prohibited by the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993 from obtaining firearms.
Atwell, Cassie +2 more
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Criminology &Public Policy, EarlyView.Abstract Research summary Crime and violence continue to be problems that plague urban areas across the United States and the globe. One key approach for responding to these problems is “focused deterrence” which includes programs that prevent criminal behavior by blending criminal justice, social service, and community‐based action.
Anthony A. Braga +2 more
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Law and SafetyThe article is devoted to the development of a criminological model of firearms trafficking control in the context of transitional justice for Ukraine. It is established that illicit firearms trafficking lays down long-term trends of deterioration of ...
Yu. V. Orlov, A. M. Yashchenko
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